Buttah Butts
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Hello guys. Hoping I can some advise from you all. I have had the 700 for a week or 2 now and have done about 5 or 6 cooks on it without issue. This morning I put brisket on at 4:30 am at 240 degrees. All went well around 11 am it hit 165 so I wrapped it in butcher paper. Around 1:30 I noticed that it was smoking excessively so I went over and the temp was climbing rapidly to 325 degrees. I opened lid and removed brisket pulled grates and the fire was shooting out under the deflector. I shut grill down and let it burn out. There was a lot of smoke coming from hopper as well. I have cleaned it twice since new so it’s not dirty. Any ideas what could of caused it to burn out of control? I called Rec Tec and will wait to see what they say. It ran flawless until 1:20 according to graph. Thanks